Ola Englund

Jared James Nichols stopped by the studio, so naturally we ended up talking about guitars, ridiculous vintage gear, Les Pauls, Marshall amps, tonewood, blues, metal and whether you should ever take a $100,000 guitar on tour. We start out talking about Jared's guitars and the story behind his Epiphone Blues Power model, then I hit him with a bunch of guitar hot takes to see where he stands. And Jared definitely has opinions. Does tonewood matter on an electric guitar? Does playing with your fingers actually sound better than using a pick? Should metal guitarists learn blues? Is the Les Paul actually a badly designed guitar? Does Marshall make the greatest guitar amps of all time? And most importantly... should Jared James Nichols make a metal album? Enjoy! JARED JAMES NICHOLS: https://www.jaredjamesnichols.com/ 0:00 Jared James Nichols 0:35 Talking guitars with Jared 2:10 The Epiphone Blues Power story 12:10 TONE TAKES 12:10 Tonewood actually matters on an electric guitar 14:47 Playing guitar with your fingers sounds better than using a pick 17:57 Metal guitarists would become better players if they learned blues 21:17 It's irresponsible to take a $100,000 guitar on tour 23:55 The Les Paul is actually a terribly designed guitar 25:22 Marshall makes the greatest guitar amps of all time 27:21 Jared James Nichols should release a full-on metal album 31:37 Outro ESCAPE THE INTERNET PART 2 TOUR 🎫 TICKETS + VIP: https://linktr.ee/escapetheinternet VIP upgrades include: ⭐ Meet & greet + photos with all of us ⭐ Exclusive merch ⭐ Early entry & hangout experience DATES: FEB 5 - Warsaw, PL Proxima FEB 6 - Prague, CZ Meet Factory FEB 7 - Nuremberg, DE Hirsch FEB 9 - Antwerp, BE Zappa FEB 11 - Glasgow, UK - Slay FEB 12 - London, UK - OW Academy Islington FEB 13 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3 FEB 14 - Bristol, UK - Fleece FEB 16 - Paris, FR La Maroquinerie FEB 18 - Copenhagen, DK Pumpehuset FEB 19 - Stockholm, SE Debaser Strand FEB 20 - Gothenburg, SE Pustervik FEB 21 - Oslo, NO John Dee FEB 23 - Berlin, DE Columbia Theater FEB 24 - Frankfurt, DE Batschkapp FEB 26 - Cologne, DE Kantine FEB 27 - Hamburg, DE Gruenspan FEB 28 - Utrecht, NL Tivoli Vredenburg (Ronda) MAR 2 - Stuttgart, DE Im Wizemann Club MAR 3 - Esch-sur-Alzette, LU Rockhal MAR 4 - Solothurn, CH Kulturfabrik Kofmehl MAR 5 - Munich, DE Technikum MAR 6 - Vienna, AT Arena ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm Ola Englund and welcome to my channel. A channel dedicated to guitar related gear with a focus on metal. I also play in the metal bands The Haunted & Feared and run a guitar company https://www.solar-guitars.com SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/olaenglund/?sub_confirmation=1 My Pages ► Website - http://www.olaenglundshop.com ► Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/olaenglund ► TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdcTBtwX/ ► Twitch - http://www.twitch.tv/olaenglundofficial ► Facebook - http://www.olaenglund.com/facebook ► Feared - http://www.fearedband.com My Music: ► Ola Englund Spotify - http://www.olaenglund.com/starzingerspotify ► The Chug Project Spotify - http://www.olaenglund.com/chugspotify ► Feared Spotify - https://olaenglund.com/fearedspotify ► The Haunted Spotify - https://olaenglund.com/thehauntedspotify ► Want to interact more with me? Join My Discord Channel and Become a Youtube Member for VoiceChat and more. Click the Join button above. Link To Discord - https://discord.gg/olaenglund ►List of things I use to make my video(affiliated links) https://www.olaenglund.com/amazon #metal #metalguitar #guitar #JaredJamesNichols #Guitar #olaenglund